Article of furniture



Feb. 18, 1930.

c. SNOOK ARTICLE OF FURNITURE Fi g- 20. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 V IN VENTOR QQMWLL 7. Q

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A TTORNE Y5 Patented Feb. 18, 1930 P M 'r mes.

CLARENCE G. SNOOK, OF TROY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE TROY SUNSHADE COMPANY,

OF TROY, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO ARTICLE or FURNITURE Application filed' August 20, 1927. Serial No. 214,315.

This invention relates to an article of furniture, such as a couch hammock.

One of the principal objects of the invention is to provide an article of furniture 5 havingv readily detachable and reversible cushions.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide an article of furniture having cushions with diflerent designs or color schemes on 10 opposite sides or faces thereof, so that the cushions may be used with the faces having the preferred design or color scheme exposed.

Still another object of. the invention is to provide a cushion having means for detachably and reversibly connecting the same to the seat frame of an article ofv furniture, the connecting means being simple in construction, inconspicuous, readily detachable, and sturdy to insure long life.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and appended claims.

In the drawing in which like characters of reference designate like parts throughout the several views thereof;

. Fig. 1 is an elevational View, somewhat in the nature of a perspective, of a couch hammock constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2'is an end elevational View of the .couchhammock of Fig. 1;

Y Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional View through the seat frame on the plane of the "line 3-3 of Fig. 4 showing a back cushion in end elevation to illustrate the reversible connection between the back cushion and the seat frame; c

Figure 4 isa fragmentary plan view of the seat frame and'back cushions to further illustrate the reversible connection of Fig. x3;'and

Fig.5 is a front elevational view of a seat cushion illustrating the connection of the depending skirt to permit reversal of the seatcushion. i

Referring to the drawing, in which a :preferred embodiment of the invention is '.illustrated, there. is. disclosed acouch hamarm being suitably connected with the back 12 respectively. The

mock comprising a. swingable seat frame includes a base frame 10, and a back 11 suitably connected together. Any conventional construction of the seat frame may be used, and consequently this part is not illustrated inmore detail. The seat frame is also pro vided with arms 12 at each end thereof, each frame and with the base frame. For supporting the seat frame for swinging movement, standards 13-are provided at each end ofthe couch hammock, each standard having a supporting base 15 resting upon the floor. .A, cross bar 19 connects the two standards, the cross bar extending beneath the swingable seat frame. The upper end of each standard is provided with a hook letto which is attached supporting chains 16 fastened to the rear and front ends of an arm supporting chains preferably include as elements coiled springs 17. The arms 12 are preferably provided with hooks 18, one end of each spring 1?. being fastened in the corresponding hook 18 and the other end of the spring 17 being con nected to the chain 16.

The-seat is provided with back cushions 20 and seat cushions 21. Each of the back cushions 20 is provided with means for detachably connecting it'to the back of the seat frame to support the cushion'in position, this means being constructed to permit the cushion to-be readily detached, reversed, and again connected to the seat frame with the opposite face thereof exposed.

For this purpose,the back of the seat frame is provided with a plurality of attaching members 24, each attaching member being shown as an angle piece having a back face 25. 7, provided with holes therethrough adapted to receive attaching mean's such as screws 26 the connecting means fastenedto'the cushion 100 1 necting means "at each side thereof in orderto securely support the cushion in position. The form. of connecting means shown is flexibly and movably fastened to the'cushion in order to permit the connecting means to be su 'ung to positions such that the cushion may be connected to the seat frame with either face exposed. As shown, each connecting means comprises a hook member oneend-ipl thereof being adapted to pass through an opening 28 Within an associated attaching;

member to detaohably connect the cushion to the seat frame. The other endof the-hook member is in the'formfof a loop 32, which re- 1 ceives a flexible strap 34 formed of any suit.-

I able flexible material such as cloth; The ends of the strap are broughttogether and sewed or 'otherwiseattached tothe cushion; As

' parts sewed together toforinaseam-35.1sub-- shown thexcushionfis made of two similar stantially midway between the front and rear faces of. the cushion. Vfhere this form of cushion is used, the endsof the straps'3 are sewed within this seam at the: time the cush "ioncoveris made. The hooks 8O arefreely movable within the loops'of thestrap 34, so that the hook can be swung to either side of this connection so as to be disposedsubstan- ""tially parallel'with the side of the cushion.

Thus. when the cushion is reversedit is only necessary to iremove the hook from the att'achinglmember, reverse the cushion,xswing the hook to the opposite sideof its point of connection with the. cushion, and" insert the V hook within the attaching member,

- Asingle attachingmember may be used between two adjacent cushions to detachably receive the hook means of both cushions.

Thus as: shown clearly in Fig. 4, the attaching face 27 of the attaching member is provided with two openings 28 adaptedto receive respectively the hook members of the couch hammock and two at; intermediate points between the cushions, serve tofasten the three back" cushions to the seatfra'me.

Preferably the'sidezxedges of theY'attaching result fIOlIl'a. sharp edge :formed onv thematf taching' member. f'lVith: the cushions inposil ing meansaarejquite inconspicuous-,if inot en- I tion, it is seen that thedetacliable connecttirely'hiddenwfi V. s

Each-seat; cushion 2-1 is also 1113116. readily reve-rsible but fastening-means is notnee'ded to: hold them imposition; In orderto 'present a pleasing appearaneetogthemulch-harn- 1 mg'ock, each seat': cushion iscprovrded' w th .a

:depending skirtA-m Arstshownziparticularly 4 theface 43 of the rear cushion.

1 respond in design :or coloi: schemetypesof furniture whereingdetaehableand rein Fig. 5, this skirt is attached substantially centrally of the front end faceof the seat cushion. Thus the skirt'maintains substantially its same relative position withrespect to the seat cushion irrespective of which horizontal face of the.- seat cushionis uppermost or exposed..- The seat cushion. may be reversed by simply turning the cushion over so as to maintainthe front end face at the front of the 'couch hammock, and in the reverse po'sition the skirt 40 will hang downwardly the samelength, to give substantially the same pleasing appearance as in its former position. The-cushionsmay-have the same design or color scheme on the opposite face thereof, if

'1 desired,-and may be reversed when one side becomes soiled orfor otherre'a's ons; "Preferably, the opposite :facesof; the fcushions are provided with different designsi or. color schemes sothat thecouch hammock ,.111'ay-be;:. g5

given quite a changed appearance byrsimply reversing the cushions. Thus as indicated in V Fig. 3, the face42=ofthecushion whichin' the position shown is at the front and exposed-is shaded todenote one color orrdesign, whilergo the face 43 of the cushion which is :at the rear adjacent the seat frame differently ishaded to denote a different color or'design. j

* Similarly the opposite sidesof: the skirt: 40

may havedi-fferent designs or color 'S'GlIQIIlBS-"i 295 to correspond with the designs oricolor schemes of 1 1 the faces of the cushions. Thus as indicated in]? ig. .5,Wh6 1'6l1]) one TGOI ner of the skirt 40-is shown as upturnedfor purposes of illustration, the=front side '45 of3e100 the=skirt is shaded to denote oneaeolor or design which corresponds with the :color or-design of the front face42 of the rear cushion, I while the rear side 46 of the skirt is differently shaded to denote a different coler ordesigna-i which corresponds :Withthecolor ordesign. of

' When the cushions a'ndskirtsare thus given different designs,- the upper half or portion s 7 48of the'frontend of each cushion is givent .110 i tWoadJacent cushions. r In'that case four at-v taching members, oneat each end of, the

the cushion is givenla'difi'erent designto-cor-H ni respondwith the bottom: face ofthe cushion and the rear side-of 'the depending skirt; Thus when the seat cushion is-reversed, the exposed portions of the cushion andski rt corawhile this invention is'-.-id'escribe'd tasvbeilrg applied to acouch hammock, itisto'ibe'understood that the invention is applicable totother versible cushionsmaybeused. 1 9 I H While the: form of: apparatusjrhereiil'vdescribed constitutes afpreferred embodiment of the inventiomiit'isto beaundersteod'; that the inventiontis nbtlimitedto. thisiprecismform' otapparatus, and-that changes mayibeamsfiemae therein Without departing from the scope of p to said cushion Within said seam and attached to said connecting means on the exterior of the cushion to permit said cushion to be detachably and reversibly connected to said seat frame.

2. As an article of manufacture, a cushion for a seat frame of an article of furniture, said cushion having a seam arranged substantial- 1y centrally of an end face thereof, hook means for detachably and reversibly connecting said'cushion to said seat frame, said hook means having a substantially closed loop, and

a strap positioned within said loop, the ends of said strap being sewed within said seam.

In testimony whereof I hereto aflix my signature. 1

CLARENCE G. SNOOK. 

